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Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo is not the only new governor taking office amid a budget crisis. The Senate Democrats and former NYC Mayor Ed Koch are pushing for reform. Gov. David Paterson likes to tease Cuomo about repairs at the executive mansion. Transit advocates want Cuomo to stop the Legislature from raiding the MTA. Mayor Bloomberg More »

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Soon-to-be-former Sen. Craig Johnson has officially conceded his 7th SD seat, sending out the following statement congratulating his GOP opponent, Jack Martins, following the state Court of Appeals’ denial of his request for a full hand recount in the race. “I congratulate Senator elect- Martins on his victory and wish him the best as the More »

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Following ESPA’s conference call last week, during which Executive Director Ross Levi confidently predicted the same-sex marriage bill would not only come up for another vote in the Senate next year, but also pass, a reader sent me an e-mail, the gist of which was: What about the Assembly? The gay marriage bill has passed More »

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Well. That was fast. After hearing arguments this morning in the Martins-Johnson case, the Court of Appeals sided, 6-0, with the Nassau County Republican – and the Senate GOP – rejecting the Democratic senator’s request for a hand recount in the 7th SD. So, the Republicans are now officially back in the majority, at 32-30. More »

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I caught up with Senate Deputy Majority Leader Jeff Klein earlier today to get his reaction about the news that he’s being replaced as DSCC Chairman by Senator-elect Mike Gianaris. Klein said the move did not come as a surprise. He received the news from Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson during a brief face-to-face More »

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I caught up with Senate Deputy Majority Leader Jeff Klein earlier today to get his reaction about the news that he’s being replaced as DSCC Chairman by Senator-elect Mike Gianaris. Klein said the move did not come as a surprise. He received the news from Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson during a brief face-to-face More »

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Cleaning out my in-box, I came across this e-mail from the “No Labels” co-founders, Nancy Jacobson and Mark McKinnon, who cited the bipartisan passage last week of President Obama’s tax cut deal as proof that the area between the “warring factions” on the left and the right is “where we can find common ground.” “(F)or More »

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The New York Public Interest Research Group did not mince words in responding to the news that the Commission on Public Public Integrity has fined Gov. David Paterson $62,125 for lying under oath during the Yankes Word Series tickets probe. In short, NYPIRG more or less feels Paterson’s 33-month tenure is one string of ethical More »

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The New York Public Interest Research Group did not mince words in responding to the news that the Commission on Public Public Integrity has fined Gov. David Paterson $62,125 for lying under oath during the Yankes Word Series tickets probe. In short, NYPIRG more or less feels Paterson’s 33-month tenure is one string of ethical More »

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The New York Public Interest Research Group did not mince words in responding to the news that the Commission on Public Public Integrity has fined Gov. David Paterson $62,125 for lying under oath during the Yankes Word Series tickets probe. In short, NYPIRG more or less feels Paterson’s 33-month tenure is one string of ethical More »

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The Commission on Public Integrity has fined Gov. David Paterson $62,125 soliciting, accepting and receiving five complimentary tickets to Game One of the 2009 World Series for himself, two aides, his teenage son and his son’s friend. “The moral and ethical tone of any organization is set at the top,” said outgoing CPI Chairman Michael More »

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Here’s the text of Mayor Bloomberg’s last-minute pitch to the Senate to pass the revised James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act before leaving Washington, D.C. for good this year. Bloomberg delivered his remarks in the Blue Room. He was joined by Reps. Joseph Crowley, Eliot Engel, Peter King, Carolyn Maloney, Charles Rangel and Anthony More »

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Say what you will about the Rev. Al Sharpton, but the man’s got rhythm. Sharpton cut a rug with his daughter, Dominique, to the tune of James Brown’s “Poppa’s Got a Brand New Bag,” at last week’s “The Stars of New York Dance” fundraiser in Brooklyn that raised money for at-risk children. The “contest” was More »

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USA Today landed a “Sandra Lee at home for the holidays” interview that is simply too good to pass up. The Food Network star and soon-to-be first girlfriend of New York State reiterates that there are no marriage plans in store for herself and her live-in beau, Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo, insisting she’s “really happy” right More »

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Democratic donor and reform advocate Bill Samuels told Kaitlyn Ross during a CapTon interview last Friday that he thinks the Legislature purposely missed a deadline for passing a constitutional amendment that would have provided real redistricting reform and anything that occurs from this point forward won’t be real change. “I think it’s over. I think More »

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